1. Writing a Research Paper for Publication Introduction and Motivation Guide for preparing and writing paper, review and publication Bobby D. Gerardo, Ph.D. PSITE NCR Seminar October 10, 2011, TIPQC

5. How to write a research paper The Messages: ◦ Write to communicate and contribute information you feel is important ◦ Papers and theses have typical structures and contents ◦ A thesis gives more room to develop arguments ◦ To write well: write often (with a mentor), and review papers Outline Motivation When you should write a paper? Types of papers Writing a Title Writing an Abstract Formulating Problems How referees evaluate papers Referencing Workshops Presentation

6. Motivation: Why write? Science includes the dissemination of knowledge Purpose of a scientific paper: ◦ to communicate to the community ◦ to contribute to the advancement of knowledge

7. Motivation: Why write? Writing ◦ the product of research ◦ audience:  gives you a potentially wide audience  reaches specialists/peers in your area  but depends on where you publish ◦ archival:  always available  snapshot of your research work a given time ◦ vehicle for clarification  for developing sound arguments, messages... The downside: ◦ risky!  months of work can be rejected

8. When you should write a paper You should have something important enough to share with others ◦ new ideas ◦ new facts or data ◦ intelligent reviews of old facts and ideas Mature results ◦ research milestone completed ◦ can articulate the research  clear problem statement, solution, and contribution to discipline

9. When you should NOT write a paper Wrong reasons ◦ want or need publications  increase publication count  fame  publish or perish ◦ peer pressure ◦ want to go to a conference Bad papers/work will reflect badly on you! ◦ should always be proud of your paper

10. Types of papers Breakthrough ◦ solves an open problem that many people have worked on ◦ rare (one per conference, if lucky!) Ground-breaking ◦ opens up a field/area that is not well explored ◦ places it on a firm foundation

11. Types of papers (continued) Inventions ◦ clever variations/innovations that are appealing in their elegance Progress ◦ solves open problems that have arisen from recent work ◦ typical conference/journal paper Survey ◦ surveys and unifies a specialized subject ◦ contains added value (frameworks, taxonomies) ◦ brings together disparate work

12. End Thank you Bobby D. Gerardo bgerardo@wvsu.edu.ph